China Gate (1998)

Directed by

Rajkumar Santoshi

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 55m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of villagers in a remote Indian town hire a team of mercenaries to protect them from a group of bandits. The mercenaries train the villagers to fight back against their oppressors.

tensemelancholicslow-burngrittyseriousdramaticaction-packed

What happens

China Gate is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language revisionist Western action film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. It was released on 27 November 1998. China Gate follows the basic storyline of the Seven Samurai. The song "Chamma Chamma" picturised on Urmila Matondkar became a chart buster and was used in Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge!. The film won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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